Metro-North Train Derailed, Carriages May Be In Water

[Blondie in Spokane]

"Train driver 'in hypnosis-like daze' before fatal Metro North crash in New York is suspended without pay"

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...Metro-North-crash-New-York-suspended-pay.html

 

[BunnyHop]

I've stayed off this thread for a few days, I'm local.
My Uncle Steve worked for the RR, back then it was NY Central.
We rode that line countless times. It's beautiful, along the Hudson River.
I clearly rememer the conductor calling the stops as he walked.

Spuyten Duyvil, next was High Bridge, as we made our way to NYC.

Classic stops. Restaurant X2O Yonkers
Iron Chef Peter Kelly
http://www.xaviars.com/restaurants/xaviars-x20-on-the-hudson/

Kelly grew up in Yonkers and new restaurant on the converted Pier.
https://www.google.com/search?q=yon...sFMLJsQSkm4GwCw&ved=0CCsQsAQ&biw=1366&bih=666

Up a few stops to Irvington. Home of Washington Irving.
http://www.hudsonvalley.org/historic-sites/washington-irvings-sunnyside

Then to Tarrytown/Sleepy Hollow. Home to Headless Horseman.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleepy_Hollow,_New_York

Tarrytown also Rockefellers.
http://www.hudsonvalley.org/historic-sites/kykuit/nearby-attractions

Then to Ossining and SingSing
Sing Sing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

North to Cold Spring. West Point across the river.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_Spring,_New_York

North to Beacon.
http://www.diaart.org/sites/main/beacon

Onward to Poughkeepsie and Rhinbeck.
Chelsea Clinton married in Rhinebeck.
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2010/08/01/nyregion/20100801_CHELSEA.html

This is personal for me.
I have been reading local news each day.

It was human error, without proper warning signals. :twocents:

 

[jjenny]

Regarding warning systems, a lot of things such as cars and buses don't have any warning systems.

 

[Blondie in Spokane]

"Ann Curry attends funeral for 'Today' worker killed in Metro-North train derailment"

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...rker-killed-Metro-North-train-derailment.html

 

[Blondie in Spokane]

"Senators call for cameras on train tracks, engineers after deadly derailment"

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/12/0...rs-after-deadly-derailment/?intcmp=latestnews

 

[Elley Mae]

"Senators call for cameras on train tracks, engineers after deadly derailment"

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/12/0...rs-after-deadly-derailment/?intcmp=latestnews

Blonde in Spokane thanks for the link.

snipped,
A week after four people died in a New York commuter train derailment, two federal lawmakers proposed Sunday that trains nationwide be outfitted with cameras pointed at engineers and at the tracks.

bbm,this is a must.

 

[AlwaysShocked]

I don't see how installing cameras is going to keep someone from "zoning out" or falling asleep. Making sure they have those alarms installed inside the engine would help a lot more.

 

[Blondie in Spokane]

I-Team: Engineer in Metro-North Train Derailment Clocked Loads of Overtime

"According to the data, provided by the MTA in response to public records requests by the I-Team, William Rockefeller worked an average of 762 overtime hours per year in 2010, 2011 and 2012. Assuming a 40-hour work week with eight-hour shifts, that's the equivalent of working a sixth day every week for three years straight."

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/investiga...h-Engineer-Overtime-MTA-I-Team-239845691.html

 

[Blondie in Spokane]

"An attorney for injured passengers of last year’s Metro-North derailment claims the railroad pulled funding for the victims’ medical care after promising to cover the costs."

http://nypost.com/2014/04/01/metro-north-pulled-medical-care-funding-for-crash-victims-lawyer/

 

[Blondie in Spokane]

Engineer of New York commuter train which crashed and killed four had broken speed limit four times before it derailed

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...it-four-times-deadly-crash.html#ixzz3FAK4e7Mp